Richard Nelson | Gay marriage threat to GOP ideals

1:30 AM,
Mar. 13, 2014

Richard Nelson

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Richard Nelson
| Special to The Courier-Journal

Last Tuesday, Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway refused to defend the commonwealth's marriage law, which put him in good company with former GOP Chairman Brad Cummings. In a recent op-ed column, Cummings waved the white flag of surrender and called on the Kentucky GOP to abandon its defense of man/woman marriage.

A teary-eyed Conway said if he appealed the ruling that he "would be defending discrimination." Discriminating minds might wonder how Mr. Conway defines discrimination. Literalists may equally ponder why he defended the law for five months in federal court if he really felt ...